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Throughout the week, in the White House and aboard the yacht Honey Fitz, the President of the U.S. and the Prime Minister of Great Britain talked earnestly. Their styles differed: John Kennedy spoke briskly, changing the subject whenever the conversation began to lag, while Harold Macmillan preferred a chattier, more leisurely pace. Their aims differed too: Kennedy was anxious to impress Macmillan with his ability to lead not only the U.S. but the free world; Macmillan was eager to convince Kennedy of Britain's value as an honest broker in the cold war. From time to time, aides issued...
...Macmillan provided what to be the keynote for the intellectuals' findings: theme is Unity," the Prime Minister said in a major address to the American people. "We must reach out beyond interdependence to united action...
Speeches on Friday by British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and Secretary State Dean Rusk highlighted a busy week of activities for alumni, delegates from other universities, and 150 of the world's leading thinkers who had met to discuss scientific and engineering education...
After defending England's "nuclear contribution," Macmillan stated, "The first for us to accept, therefore, is that our political ideas must never be national- in the narrow sense. It is no longer right to consider policies exclusively in to the United States or Britain. . . . This means a revolution in our political thought...
...safety of Laos "runs with the safety of us all." and he dispatched the U.S. Seventh Fleet and supporting forces toward Laos to back his implied deadline on a cease-fire in Laos. Kennedy flew to Key West for a first meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Harold Macmillan early last week, met next day at the White House with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko at Gromyko's request...